Webster's Dictionary 1913

2539

Detriment

Det″ri‐ment (dĕt″rĭ‐ment), n. [L. detrimentum, fr. deterere, detritum, to rub or wear away; de + terere to rub: cf. F. détriment. See Trite.] 1. That which injures or causes dam...

2540

Detriment (2)

Det″ri‐ment (?), v. t. To do injury to; to hurt.Other might be determined thereby. Fuller.

2541

Detrimental

Det′ri‐men″tal (?), a. Causing detriment; injurious; hurtful.Neither dangerous nor detrimental to the donor. Addison.Syn. — Injurious; hurtful; prejudicial; disadvantageous; mis...

2542

Detrimentalness

Det′ri‐men″tal‐ness, n. The quality of being detrimental; injuriousness.

2543

Detrital

De‐tri″tal (?), a.(Geol.) Pertaining to, or composed of, detritus.

2544

Detrite

De‐trite″ (?), a. [L. detritus, p. p.] Worn out.

2545

Detrition

De‐tri″tion (?), n. [LL. detritio. See Detriment.] A wearing off or away.Phonograms which by process long-continued detrition have reached a step of extreme simplicity. I. Taylo...

2546

Detritus

De‐tri″tus (?), n. [F. détritus, fr. L. detritus, p. p. of deterere. See Detriment.] 1. (Geol.) A mass of substances worn off from solid bodies by attrition, and reduced to smal...

2547

Detrude

De‐trude″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Detruded; p. pr. & vb. n.Detruding.] [L. detrudere, detrusum; de + trudere to thrust, push.] To thrust down or out; to push down with force. Lo...

2548

Detruncate

De‐trun″cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Detruncated; p. pr. & vb. n.Detruncating.] [L. detruncatus, p. p. of detruncare to cut off; de + truncare to maim, shorten, cut off. See Tru...

2549

Detruncation

De′trun‐ca″tion (?), n. [L. detruncatio: cf. F. détroncation.] The act of lopping or cutting off, as the head from the body.

2550

Detrusion

De‐tru″sion (?), n. [L. detrusio. See Detrude.] The act of thrusting or driving down or outward; outward thrust. — De‐tru″sive, a.

2551

Dette

Dette (?), n. Debt. Chaucer.

2552

Detteles

Dette″les (?), a. Free from debt. Chaucer.

2553

Detumescence

De′tu‐mes″cence (?), n. [L. detumescere to cease swelling; de + tumescere, tumere, to swell.] Diminution of swelling; subsidence of anything swollen. Cudworth.

2554

Detur

‖De″tur (?), n. [L. detur let it be given.] A present of books given to a meritorious undergraduate student as a prize.

2555

Deturb

De‐turb″ (?), v. t. [L. deturbare.] To throw down. Bp. Hall.

2556

Deturbate

De‐tur″bate (?), v. t. [LL. deturbatus, p. p. of deturbare, fr. L. deturbare to thrust down.] To evict; to remove. Foxe.

2557

Deturbation

Det′ur‐ba″tion (?), n. The act of deturbating.

2558

Deturn

De‐turn″ (?), v. t. [Pref. de- + turn. Cf. Detour.] To turn away. Sir K. Digby.

2559

Deturpate

De‐tur″pate (?), v. t. [L. deturpare; de + turpare to make ugly, defile, turpis ugly, foul.] To defile; to disfigure. Jer. Taylor.

2560

Deturpation

Det′ur‐pa″tion (?), n. A making foul. Jer. Taylor.

2561

Deuce

Deuce (dūs), n. [F. deux two, OF. deus, fr. L. duo. See Two.] 1. (Gaming) Two; a card or a die with two spots; as, the deuce of hearts.2. (Tennis) A condition of the score begin...

2562

Deuce (2)

Deuce, n. [Cf. LL. dusius, Armor, dus, teûz, phantom, specter; Gael. taibhs, taibhse, apparition, ghost; or fr. OF. deus God, fr. L. deus (cf. Deity).] The devil; a demon. [A eu...

2563

Deuced

Deu″ced (?), a. Devilish; excessive; extreme. — Deu″ced‐ly, adv.

2564

Deuse

Deuse (dūs), n.; Deu″sed (dū″sĕd), a. See Deuce, Deuced.

2565

Deuterocanonical

Deu′ter‐o‐ca‐non″ic‐al (?), a. [Gr. � second + E. canonical.] Pertaining to a second canon, or ecclesiastical writing of inferior authority; — said of the Apocrypha, certain Epi...